10 games similar to Infamous: Second Son, a Shooter, Platform, Adventure game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Infamous: Second Son.
01Shares AdventureShooterBoth games center on a young male protagonist fighting a corrupt system in a locked-down city, using distinctive powers to take down an oppressive authority. Where Infamous uses superhuman abilities, Watch Dogs 2 substitutes hacking as your primary tool. Both feature open-world sandbox gameplay with audio logs revealing conspiracy, destructible environments, and real-time combat against militarized forces hunting you down.
Games like Watch Dogs 2 →
02Shares AdventureBoth games pit a powerful protagonist against an oppressive authority in a locked-down city, using comic-book action and open-world exploration to drive the conflict. Arkham Knight shares Second Son's third-person combat focus and destructible environments, while exploring how your choices ripple through the narrative. Each game grounds superhuman abilities in a grounded, contemporary setting where good and evil blur.
Games like Batman: Arkham Knight →
03Shares AdventureBoth games are action-adventures built around a single protagonist navigating morally fraught scenarios shaped by player choice. Infamous: Second Son and Beyond: Two Souls share a dynamic soundtrack that responds to your decisions, and both feature characters with extraordinary abilities—superpowers in one case, psychic connection in the other—thrust into conflict with powerful institutions. Each game emphasizes how your choices ripple through the story.
Games like Beyond: Two Souls →
04Shares AdventurePlatformShooterBoth games deliver third-person action-adventure gameplay centered on a protagonist fighting against powerful antagonists across destructible environments. Uncharted 3 shares the over-the-shoulder perspective and building traversal mechanics that define Second Son's combat flow. While Uncharted 3 emphasizes linear storytelling over open-world freedom, both games prioritize dynamic action sequences and moral weight through their narratives about survival and consequence.
Games like Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception →
05Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pit a male protagonist against a fascist government using military force to control the population. Wolfenstein emphasizes first-person combat and stealth tactics against overwhelming odds, while Second Son builds an open-world sandbox where you develop superhuman abilities to fight back. Each frames resistance to authoritarianism as the core narrative, though through different mechanical lenses: tactical shooting versus power progression.
Games like Wolfenstein: The New Order →
06Shares AdventureShooterBoth games center on anti-heroes navigating corrupt, oppressive worlds through third-person action combat. Delsin and Joel face moral choices that shape their stories and relationships, with banter revealing character dynamics during gameplay. Each game pairs intense combat encounters with exploration of devastated environments, grounding superhuman or survival struggles in human consequence and emotional stakes.
Games like The Last of Us →
07Shares AdventureBoth games center on a male protagonist driven from home and forced into open-world conflict against an oppressive military force. Each features real-time combat across destructible environments and emphasizes the weight of your choices through character relationships and story consequences. Final Fantasy XV shares Infamous' focus on action-adventure gameplay within a sandbox world where you gather allies and work toward saving those you care about.
Games like Final Fantasy XV →
08Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pair third-person action-adventure combat with globe-trotting narratives driven by personal stakes. Uncharted 4 shares Second Son's focus on a male protagonist confronting powerful antagonists through real-time combat across destructible environments. Where Second Son emphasizes superhuman abilities and moral choices, Uncharted 4 grounds its action in historical mystery and mercenary conflict, but both deliver character-driven stories with strong voice acting and cinematic presentation.
Games like Uncharted 4: A Thief's End →
09Shares AdventureShooterBoth games center on a male protagonist with a personal vendetta operating in a locked-down city, using their unique abilities to fight an oppressive system. Watch Dogs shares Infamous: Second Son's action-adventure structure and open-world sandbox design, letting you tackle missions across an explorable urban environment. Each game emphasizes real-time combat and includes audio logs that deepen the story of systemic corruption.
Games like Watch Dogs →
10Shares AdventureBoth games cast you as a male protagonist seeking revenge in an open world where your choices shape the narrative. Shadow of Mordor shares Second Son's real-time combat system and moral weight, where your actions against enemies carry lasting consequences. Each game emphasizes action-adventure gameplay grounded in a richly detailed setting, rewarding exploration and combat mastery as you pursue your vendetta against oppressive forces.
Games like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor →
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10 games similar to Infamous: Second Son: Watch Dogs 2, Batman: Arkham Knight, Beyond: Two Souls, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Last of Us, Final Fantasy XV, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Shooter, Open world and Sandbox with Infamous: Second Son, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Infamous: Second Son.
